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Local Initiatives by County
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Albany County
- Countywide Health Insurance: Studying
the feasibility of consolidating health
insurance for county and municipal employees
- Countywide Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the county level
- Countywide Tax Collection: Exploring
potential to unify tax collection activities at
the county level
- Procurement: Exploring an online
contract database and cooperative
bidding/purchasing tool in conjunction with
Rockland and Orange Counties, the Town of
Cortland, and Capital Region BOCES
- Purchasing Cooperative: Considering
expansion of inter-county cooperative that was established in 2006
Allegany County
- 211 Community Service Referral System:
Seeking to establish a unified community
service information and referral system with
Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Yates
counties
- Countywide Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the county
level
- Countywide Tax Collection:
Exploring potential to unify tax collection
activities at the county level
- Village Dissolution: Studying
dissolution of Village of Belmont
Broome County
- Countywide Assessing:
Exploring consolidation of assessment at
the county level
- Countywide Health Insurance
Consortium: Studying the feasibility
of consolidating health insurance for
county and municipal employees
- Countywide Highway Service
Consolidation: Exploring
consolidation of municipal and county
highway services at the county level
- Countywide Tax Collection:
Exploring potential to unify tax
collection activities at the county
level
- Justice Court Consolidation:
Examining consolidation of municipal and
county court functions and facilities
- Parks & Recreation Consolidation:
Exploring shared services across
municipal boundaries
- Police Consolidation:
Exploring the consolidation of urban core police
units, including Binghamton, Johnson
City, Endicott, Vestal and/or Port
Dickinson
- School District Consolidation:
Considering options for consolidating
school districts at the county level
- Village Dissolution:
Exploring dissolution of all villages
Cattaraugus County
Cayuga County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Fire District
Consolidation: Exploring
creation of a unified fire authority
that would include the County, City
of Auburn, and five towns (city has
a full-time fire force, while the
towns have volunteers)
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Water and Sewer
System Consolidation:
Considering consolidation of
services provided to the County,
City of Auburn and five towns
Chautauqua County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment function
at the county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Highway Service
Consolidation: Studying options
for improved efficiency across
municipal boundaries
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Police
Consolidation: Sharing services
between City of Jamestown Police
Department and the County Sheriff's
Department
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Water System
Consolidation: Analyzing options
for a shared water system
Chemung County
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211 Community Service
Referral System: Seeking to
establish a unified community
service information and referral
system with Allegany, Schuyler,
Steuben and Yates Counties
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Fire Service
Consolidation: Developing a Fire
Service Merger Commission to study
the sharing of equipment and
personnel on a countywide basis
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Highway Service
Consolidation: Following a study
conducted by Cornell, the county is
considering the establishment of an
intermunicipal highway services
special district
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Information
Technology Consolidation:
Exploring the potential benefits of
consolidating the data processing
and IT service departments of the
City of Elmira and the County
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Justice Court
Consolidation: Exploring
opportunities to consolidate court
functions and/or share court
facilities among the Towns of Big
Flats, Southport, Catlin, Horseheads,
and Village of Horseheads
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Public Works
Consolidation: Service sharing
between the City of Elmira and the
County
Chenango County
Clinton County
Columbia County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Snow Removal
Efficiency: Exploring options to
improve efficiency of plowing and
related services
Cortland County
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City-Town
Consolidation: Exploring potential
for the merger of City of Cortland
and Town of Cortlandville
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
Delaware County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Highway Services
Consolidation: Village of Delhi
Public Works Department with the
Town of Delhi Highway Department are
exploring potential consolidation
Dutchess County
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Justice Court
Facility Consolidation: Examining
opportunities for consolidating
municipal and county court
facilities
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Conservation
Easement Administration: Dutchess
County Planning Department, in
cooperation with the Northern
Dutchess Alliance, is working to
develop an intermunicipal
administrative framework for
implementing and enforcing
conservation easement requirements
Erie County
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Countywide
Emergency Dispatch: Considering
consolidation of twenty-four public
safety answering points into one
operation
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Health Insurance
Consolidation: City of Buffalo
is exploring consolidation of health
insurance for employees across
city-related entities, including the
City itself, the Buffalo Board of
Education, the Buffalo Sewer
Authority, and the Buffalo Municipal
Housing Authority
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Technology
Services Consolidation:
Consolidating Erie and Niagara
Counties’ Geographic Information
Systems and services
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Smart Growth:
Exploring creation of a local law to
link approval of new multi-family
developments (except for senior
developments) to adequacy of school
facilities and other public
facilities
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Water/Sewer
System Oversight: Creating a
regional watershed and
infrastructure coalition, including
the City of Buffalo, the Buffalo
Sewer Authority, and the Erie County
Department of Environment & Planning
– to identify regional solutions to
overflows by preparing regional
infrastructure improvement plans and
seeking joint funding
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Water System
Consolidation: Consideration of
a "lease management agreement”
between the County Water Authority
and Town of Colden to eliminate
testing and monitoring costs in
Colden Water District No. 1
Essex County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Regional
Emergency Facility: Town of
Westport and Westport Fire District
exploring a shared facility to
jointly service the fire department,
ambulance service, public works
department, and municipal offices
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Shared Financial
Officer: Establishing a shared
municipal accounting officer for the
villages of Lake Placid and Saranac
Lake to improve oversight and
planning
Franklin County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of municipal
assessment functions at the county
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Justice Court
Consolidation: Considering
consolidation of the Town and
Village of Malone justice courts
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Shared Code
Enforcement: Studying potential
for consolidation of Town and
Village of Malone code enforcement
functions
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Coterminous
Government: Town of Harrietstown
and Village of Saranac Lake
investigating the creation of
coterminous boundaries and
governments
Fulton County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Infrastructure:
Removing administrative obstacles
currently faced by the County
Municipal Demolition Team, which
removes dilapidated structures for
economic improvement purposes,
safety concerns, and to improve
quality of life
Genesee County
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City-Town
Consolidation: Exploring
potential for the merger of the City
and Town of Batavia
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide
Emergency Dispatch: Considering
consolidation of three public safety
answering points (City of Batavia,
Village of LeRoy and the County)
into one countywide E-911 Emergency
Call Center
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Youth
Bureau Consolidation:
Consolidation of the Genesee County
and City of Batavia Youth Bureaus
into a single entity that would
function under a countywide youth
board
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Regional Board of
Health: Genesee County
and Orleans County Public Health
Departments exploring establishment
of a joint board of health and
hiring of one public health director
to oversee the two departments
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Justice Court
Consolidation: Considering
consolidation opportunities among
several justice courts
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Water System
Consolidation: Entering second
phase of water infrastructure
project shared by Monroe County and
Genesee County
Hamilton County
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Village
Dissolution: Studying the
dissolution of the Village of
Speculator into the Town of Lake
Pleasant
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
under the county
Herkimer County
Jefferson County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Police
Consolidation: Studying the
potential consolidation of the
Village of Carthage and Village of
West Carthage police departments
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Justice Court
Consolidation: Exploring
opportunities to consolidate court
functions and/or share court
facilities among the Villages of
Carthage and West Carthage
Lewis County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Shared Highway
Service Facility: Exploring a
shared facility for County, Town of
Lowville, Village of Lowville,
Lowville Academy and Central School
District
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Water and Sewer
System Consolidation: Studying
feasibility of consolidating water
and sewer infrastructure/services
under a regional authority
Livingston County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Health
Insurance: Studying the feasibility
of consolidating health insurance
for county and municipal employees
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
Madison County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
under the county treasurer or
finance department
Monroe County
Montgomery County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Health
Insurance: Exploring consolidation
of health insurance for public
employees among County, City of
Amsterdam, Fulton-Montgomery
Community College, and the
surrounding towns and villages – may
extend to schools and adjacent
counties
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
Nassau County
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Water System
Infrastructure: Analyzing
possible consolidation of all water
districts and private water
companies in the county
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Parks/Road
Maintenance: Exploring options
for efficient maintenance of parks
and roads
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Consolidation of
Sanitation Districts: Examining
whether existing sanitation services
could be provided by three town-run
sanitation districts rather than
multiple independent sanitation
districts
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Library District
Consolidation: Exploring
creation of a countywide public
library district to replace the
current decentralized system and
achieve greater efficiencies, while
enhancing or maintaining current
service levels
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Sharing/Consolidation of School
District Back Office Functions:
Studying options for school
districts to share and consolidate
administrative functions, including
non-public school transportation,
maintenance, bonding, insurance
services, printing/graphics and
other functions
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Sewer System
Infrastructure Consolidation:
Exploring consolidation of county’s
remaining sewer collection and
services and infrastructure
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Special District
Restructuring: Seeking to
improve the efficiency,
effectiveness, transparency and
accountability of commissioner-run
special districts
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Fire District
Collaboration: Proposing that
the Long Island Regional Planning
Board explore governance of fire
districts regionally in Nassau and
Suffolk Counties
Niagara County
Oneida County
Onondaga County
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Seeking State
legislation to permit voluntary
arrangements between municipalities
and counties that could realign tax
collection responsibilities
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Economic
Development Consolidation:
Studying consolidation of the County
and City of Syracuse economic
development offices, as well as the
possibility of creating a jointly
funded not-for-profit organization
for economic development purposes
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Police
Consolidation: Town of Clay is
exploring the potential of
contracting with the Onondaga County
Sheriff’s Department for policing
services
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Purchasing
Consolidation: Examining options
for consolidating the County and
City of Syracuse purchasing
functions
Ontario County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Technology
Services Coordination: Cutting
edge project with a goal to provide
every house, business and
institution with fiber optic
capacity
Orange County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Procurement
Services: Exploring an online
contract database and cooperative
bidding/purchasing tool in
conjunction with Albany and Rockland
Counties, the Town of Cortland, and
Capital Region BOCES
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Smart Growth:
Studying the Middletown-Goshen
central portion of the county
(including four towns, one village,
City of Middletown, and Hamlet of
Pine Bush) in regard to water supply
and possible shared infrastructure
Orleans County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level - county currently
contracts with two of the ten towns
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Countywide Code
Enforcement: Studying potential
for consolidating municipal code
enforcement at the county level
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Regional Board of
Health: Genesee County
and Orleans County Public Health
Departments exploring establishment
of a joint board of health and
hiring of one public health director
to oversee the department
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Multi-County Jail
Facility: Seeking to partner
with nearby counties
Otsego County
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Flood Control:
Helping county leaders address
Canadarago Lake flood control issues
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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City-Town
Consolidation: Exploring
potential for the City and Town of
Oneonta to consolidate or share
additional services
Putnam County
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County-School
District Collaboration:
Evaluating opportunities to share
services with school districts
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
Rensselaer County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
at the county level
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Water and Sewer
System Consolidation: Seeking to
expand countywide water and sewer
authority in order to extend
infrastructure to underserved areas
of county
Rockland County
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Procurement:
Exploring an online contract
database and cooperative
bidding/purchasing tool in
conjunction with Albany and Orange
Counties, the Town of Cortland, and
Capital Region BOCES
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Stormwater
Drainage System Consolidation:
Exploring options for consolidating
intermunicipal storm water drainage
system functions among Town of
Orangetown, Village of South Nyack,
Village of Nyack, Village of
Grandview-on-Hudson and Village of
Piermont
St. Lawrence County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Code
Enforcement: Evaluating
consolidation of municipal code
enforcement at the county level
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Countywide Tax
Collection: Exploring potential
to unify tax collection activities
under the county
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Highway Service
Consolidation: Studying
potential to consolidate municipal
highway services at the county level
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Justice Court
Consolidation: Exploring
opportunities to consolidate
municipal courts
Schenectady County
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Countywide
Emergency Dispatch: Considering
consolidation of 24 public safety
answering points into one operation
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Fire Department
Vehicle Maintenance: County is
seeking to collaborate on
maintenance services with 23
volunteer fire departments
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Highway Equipment
Collaboration: Creating a
countywide road machinery division
responsible for the purchase,
maintenance and allocation of
equipment for public works entities
throughout the county
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Consolidated
Water and Sewer Departments: The
Village of Scotia and Town of
Glenville are investigating the
possible consolidation of the
village and town water departments
Schoharie County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Code
Enforcement: Consolidating
municipal code enforcement, as well
as floodplain administration, at the
county level
Schuyler County
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211 Community
Service Referral System: Seeking
to establish a unified community
service information and referral
system with Allegany, Chemung,
Steuben and Yates Counties
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Code
Enforcement/Land Use Planning:
Evaluating potential for
consolidation of code/planning
functions at the county level
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Fire
and Emergency Services:
Considering creation of a countywide
fire protection district
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Justice Court
Consolidation: Exploring
opportunities to establish a
District Court using county
facilities – includes Village of
Watkins Glen and Town of Dix and
could expand to other town courts
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Smart Growth:
Seeking to develop an Ecological
Master Plan for county to identify
opportunities for eco-tourism and
agri-tourism
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Water and Sewer
System Consolidation: Studying
countywide consolidation of both
systems
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Weights and
Measures Consolidation:
Exploring coordination of weights
and measures services with Steuben
and Yates Counties
Seneca County
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Countywide
Assessing: Exploring
consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide
Highway Services/Equipment:
Evaluating options for sharing
highway services and equipment among
the municipalities and county
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Countywide Zoning
and Code Enforcement: Studying
potential for consolidating
municipal code enforcement and
zoning at the county level
Steuben County
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211 Community Service Referral System:
Seeking to establish a unified
community service information and
referral system with Allegany,
Chemung, Schuyler and Yates Counties
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Countywide Assessing:
Exploring consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax Collection:
Exploring potential to unify tax collection
activities at the county level
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Weights and Measures
Consolidation: Exploring
coordination of weights and measures
services with Schuyler and Yates
Counties
Suffolk County
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Cash Management and
Investment Functions: Seeking consolidation
of the cash management/investment functions of
county, town, school district, and other
municipal units through the formation of a
municipal investment pool (MIP)
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Comprehensive Roadway Plan:
Studying the coordination of overlapping
jurisdictions to promote cooperation and
consistency in comprehensive plans and roadway
decisions
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Health Insurance Consortium:
Studying feasibility of county and school
districts jointly purchasing employee health and
pharmaceutical insurance – may extend to towns
and villages within the county
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Shared County/School District
Purchasing: Exploring creation of a
consortium for the procurement of laborers,
workman and mechanics on public works projects
in excess of $20,000 - also seeking to remove
legal obstacles regarding practices for
procurement of skilled labor and pubic works
projects over $20,000
Sullivan County
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Countywide Assessing:
Exploring consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax Collection:
Exploring potential to unify tax collection
activities at the county level
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Countywide Tax Collection:
Seeking a pilot project for county collection of
taxes for six villages, possibly extending to
towns, villages and school districts
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Cooperative Purchasing:
County exploring expansion of cooperative
purchasing beyond existing salt and fuel
agreements
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Regional Power Cooperative:
Exploring potential to purchase power
collectively in order to reduce costs of
electricity and other energy sources
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Regional Jails: Seeking opportunities to share jail facilities
for county prisoners sentenced for less than a
year for a misdemeanor
Tioga County
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Countywide Assessing:
Exploring consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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School District Consolidation: Considering options for consolidating school
districts at the county level
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Countywide Tax Collection:
Exploring potential to unify tax collection
activities at the county level
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Fire District Consolidation:
Exploring merger into one county fire
district
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Highway Service
Consolidation: Studying potential to
consolidate municipal highway services at the
county level
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Information Technology
Coordination: Considering potential of a
unified information technology network among
municipalities and the county
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Municipal
Restructuring: Council of Governments
exploring options for county dissolution (with
portions joining neighboring counties), as well
as other restructuring options
Tompkins County
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Countywide Health Insurance:
Seeking to alleviate legal barriers for a
proposed Tompkins County Council of Governments
Health Care Consortium to provide employee
health care insurance
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Smart Growth: Creating
development plans (including infrastructure and
design standards) for nodal centers of growth
within the county
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Justice Court Consolidation:
Studying the feasibility for merger of local
justice courts
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Smart Growth: Seeking
state action to advance the county’s
Comprehensive Plan
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Criminal Justice Information:
Pursuing information sharing and cooperation
among criminal justice agencies in Tompkins
County
Ulster County
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Countywide Assessing:
Exploring consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Tax Collection:
Exploring potential to unify tax collection
activities at the county level
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Stormwater (MS4) Management
Consolidation: Exploring options for
consolidating separate municipal stormwater
systems
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Economic Development
Consolidation: Analyzing consolidation of
municipal economic development efforts and
exploring the potential to align tourism
activities with neighboring counties
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Highway Services
Coordination: Studying possible sharing,
collaboration, merger of highway functions among
municipalities and county
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Regional Social Services: Considering establishment of
an inter-county social service agency
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Regional Jails: Seeking
opportunities to merge jail facilities with
nearby counties
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Recycling Operation
Consolidation: Analyzing opportunities to
form a shared resource recovery agency with
other counties
Warren County
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Countywide Assessing:
Exploring consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Regional Emergency Facilities: Exploring a shared regional
emergency training center with Washington County
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Village Dissolution:
Exploring the dissolution of the Village of Lake
George
Washington County
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Community Shared Health
Insurance: Exploring creation of a community
cooperative health insurance program
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Countywide Tax Collection:
Exploring potential to unify tax collection
activities at the county level
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Regional Emergency Facilities: Exploring a shared regional
emergency training center with Warren County
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Countywide Assessing:
Exploring consolidation of assessment function
at the county level
Wayne County
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Countywide Assessing:
Exploring consolidation of assessment at the
county level
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Countywide Code Enforcement:
Studying feasibility of consolidating municipal
code enforcement at the county level
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Technology Services
Consolidation: Exploring implementation of a
shared county-municipal geographic information
system for mapping, planning and other functions
Westchester County
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Property Tax Reform:
Assisting the Westchester County Association
study of property tax reform
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Technology Services
Consolidation:
The Westchester County Department of Information
Technology is partnering with the state to
expand disaster recovery resources for
information technology systems
Wyoming County
Yates County
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211 Community Service
Referral System: Seeking to establish a
unified community service information and
referral system with Allegany, Chemung, Schuyler
and Steuben Counties
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Justice Court Consolidation:
Considering transfer of village court
operations to the county courthouse
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Police Consolidation:
Studying potential for Village of Penn Yan to
consolidate its police department with the
County Sheriff's Department
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Smart Growth: Developing
shared plan for Keuka Lake waterfront lying in
the Village of Penn Yan, Town of Milo and Town
of Jerusalem
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Regional Weights and Measures: Exploring coordination of
weights and measures services with Schuyler and
Steuben Counties
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